When Ichiro Kawachi established a cohort study in Iwanuma, Japan, in 2010, he thought he would be researching the predictors ...

In rural communities, where healthcare access can be limited, disasters can drastically disrupt access to essential ...

Detailed price information for Jaguar Mining Inc (JAGGF) from The Globe and Mail including charting and trades.

The largest domestic quake of the year occurred on July 16 centered south of the Alaska Peninsula, 53 miles south of the ...

The LA wildfires last January helped push the nation's "billion-dollar disasters" to a near record last year, even without a ...

As these risks intensify, national and local governments must work together to improve urban livability and resilience through risk-informed urban planning. In this handbook, livable and resilient ...

Last year was the third-highest year on record for billion-dollar weather and climate disasters, according to new data from ...

Assuming a unified vision of what a resilient Jamaica will look like can be reached, having set goals and targets and ...

More than 1,200 landslides were recorded in two provinces in Sri Lanka following Cyclone Ditwah in late November, resulting in crisis evacuations to safeguard vulnerable populations. Most of the ...

The November 1985 eruption of Colombia’s Nevado del Ruiz volcano and the resulting Armero disaster marked a turning point in natural hazard and risk research, assessment and mitigation. Here, we ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Environmental systems scientist at the University of Delaware. In the pantheon of philanthropy, Bill Gates holds a special status ...

ASHEVILLE – The city has applied for over $400 million in Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funding for projects to bolster it against future natural disasters, with the biggest ticket item improvements ...